Summer-hat



s. SAKAGAMI SUMMER HAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, P920.

PatentedSept. 13, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SUMMER-HAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

Application filed March 10, 1920. SerialNo. 364,755.

7 To all wia omit may concern Be it known that I, SUTEKICHI SAKAGAMI, asubject of the Emperor of Japan, and resident of 41 Matsuyamachi,Minami-Ku, at the city of Osaka in the Prefecture of Osaka and Empire ofjapan have invented a new and useful Summer-Hat, of which the followingis a specification.

Thisinvention relates to improvements in summer hats in whicharrangements are made at the top or side or at both top and side of thecrown of the hat-body whereby ventilation between the interior andexterior of the hat is made possible at all times or at intervals asrequired.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved summer hatcalculated to prevent the wearers head from getting hot and achingattributable to bad ventilation incident to summer hats hitherto in use.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved summer hat soconstructed as to promote ventilation when it is hot and to retard suchventilation when it is too cool.

Other objects and advantages to be derived from the use of thisinvention will appear in the following detailed description and theclaim, taken with an inspection of the accompanying drawing, showing anexample or embodiment of. this invention to make it easily understood,in which:

Figure 1 is a slant view of a form of the summer hat of this invention;Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same showing the interior; and, Fig. 3 is a1011 'tudinal, sectional side view of the same; ig. 4 is a perspectiveview of a modification of the hat, and, Fig. 5 is a sectional viewthrough the modified form.

Throughout the several views similar numerals and characters ofreference designate like and corresponding parts.

The top or top-crown 1 of the hat-body A made of a suitable material isprovided with or formed of a lattice-window 2 of any size or shape; anda tray-like (or plate-like) lattice-door 3 to fit in said lattice-window2 to close it and somewhat smaller than the top 1 in area is insertedinside said to and sup ported by some suitable means. In the instance asshown in the accompanying drawing, the door 3 is supported by sewingsuit able parts of the inside net 4 on the hatbody A at the upper end ofthe peripheral wall of the crown portion thereof and around the same,inserting the door upward through the center opening thereoi, andtightening the string 5, so as to reduce the opening to its smallestarea, whereby the portion of the net surrounding the center opening isstretched tightly across the under face of the door, and whereby thelatter is held in either registering, partially or wholly, ornon-registering relation with respect to theventilating openings in thehorizontal walls of the crown of the hat.) In this connection it is tobe noted that, when the lattices of the window 2 are in parallel to thelattices of the door 3, the top 1 has no open space, and no specialventilation is produced, and the hat serves just like an ordinary summerhat.

To promote ventilation of the hat, the door 3 is turned either to theright or to the left. Since the window 2 remains stationary in relationto the door in this case, the lattices of the window 2 interlock slantlywith those of the door 2, and open spaces S are formed between these twolattices. In this connection it is to be noted that said open spaces Scan readily be closed by turning the door 3 reversely.

Thus it will be seen that, by using the improved summer hat of thisinvention, it is possible to adjust ventilation of the hat to suitvarious requirements easily and quickly, and that sanitation of the headis insured thereby in addition to the pleasant feeling owing to goodventilation.

As a modification of this invention, I provide series of holes radiallyto the top or top-crown 1, instead of the lattice-window 2, with thecenter of said top as a starting point; rovide similar series of holes,instead o the lattices, to the door 3, in such a way that the holes ofthe window aline with those of the door when said window and door areproperly superposed; and, insert said door 3 inside said top 1 andsupport the door by some suitable means, such as stated hereinbefore. Itis clear that, when the holes of the top 1 are in alinement with thoseof the door 3, ventilation of the hat is promoted, and that, when theholes of the of holes to the top or top-crown 1 of the hatbody A,without any further arrangement, to keep up ventilation at all timeswithout materially increasing cost of manufacture of the improved summerhat.

As a further modification, I provide holes around that part of thehat-body wherea hat-band or ribbon is usually attached, and put thereona hat-band or ribbon of silk gauze or similar material to insureventilation of the hat Without changing the appearance of the hat. Idesire it be understood, in this connection, that I may use thismodification either in connection with any of the above-mentionedmodifications or by itself to an ordinary summer hat.

Obviously considerable modifications are possible in the constructionand design of this invention, and such modifications as are within thescope of the claim, I consider to be Within the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a hat structure, a crown portion provided with a plurality ofventilating openings, a sweatband arranged in the crown portion, a netlining extending upward from the sweatband and secured at points aroundthe upper portion of the peripheral wall of the crown portion and havinga centrally disposed opening, a disk-like door having openings adaptedto be moved into and out of registry with the ventilating openings ofthe crown, said door being supported in desired position by said liningafter insertion into such position through the center opening of saidlining, and means for drawing the walls of the opening of said lining together after said door has been placed in proper position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature hereto.

SUTEKICHI SAKAGAMI. [1 s.]

